Jeff has been involved in aerospace journalism since the mid 1990s. Prior to joining Aviation Week, Jeff served as managing editor of Launchspace magazine and the International Space Industry Report. He has been the editor and chief of Aviation Week's Aerospace Daily & Defense Report since 2007 and has been a regular contributor to Aviation Week magazine. He received his B.A. from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
Reacting to criticism of the Space-based Infrared Radar-High (SBIRS-High) program, Carl Fischer, vice president and general manager of Northrop Grumman's Space Systems Division, said the system could trade performance to address cost and scheduling problems. "I think it's important for all of us to recognize that there are great successes on the SBIRS-High program," said Fischer at a press briefing in Washington Nov. 13.
Although work in nuclear fission for space propulsion has been largely stalled since the 1960s, nuclear power may well be the only way to explore the outer solar system and beyond, according to Les Johnson of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Missions that call for entering orbit around any of the outer planets could well be impossible without nuclear-powered systems, Johnson told The DAILY.
When the Expedition Four crew launches to the International Space Station (ISS) late this month, it will mark the beginning of the "busiest, most diverse, and most complex" stage of the station's research mission to date, according to Expedition Four Lead Increment Scientist John Uri. With five on-orbit research racks and eight continuous months of research operations under their belt, mission scientists are beginning to taste the fruit of their labors, Uri said during a NASA press conference Nov. 13.
